Sunday, December 9, 2012

National and International Anti-Corruption Day

Put a stop
to bribery and corruption or risk leading business down a path of destruction!

International
Anti-Corruption Day

9 December
2012

International
Anti-Corruption Day - In 2010 the Secretary-General of the United Nations
broadcasted a message loud and clear about the role of the day!

So what is anti-corruption? It’s
businesses taking the initiative to adopt strong policies against corruption.
Why? Because corruption crimes like bribery and extortion, corporate espionage
can be detrimental to businesses and eventually democracy.

And
there are signals that corruption could be occurring. If cash payments seem
abnormal, lavish gifts are appearing out of the blue or normal procedures are
suddenly being bypassed you might want to consider if there is something else
at work.

Secretary
of State Hilary Clinton has opened a past event which saw her voicing some very
serious words about the issue! She emphasized the importance of fighting
together to prevent the weakening of our economic climate by stopping criminals
from feeding into black markets. Basically, the clearer the rules and
leadership, the more transparent organizations will be forced to become!
(Source: national-awareness-days.com)

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2012
Theme: Act Against Corruption Today

Corruption
is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all
countries. Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic
development and contributes to governmental instability. Corruption attacks the
foundation of democratic institutions by distorting electoral processes,
perverting the rule of law and creating bureaucratic quagmires whose only
reason for existing is the soliciting of bribes. Economic development is
stunted because foreign direct investment is discouraged and small businesses
within the country often find it impossible to overcome the "start-up
costs" required because of corruption. (Source: UN)

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Corruption is an appearance
known since ancient times, and includes practically every corner of the world.
Recently this problem is perceived negatively in the international scale.
Corruption, after the organized crime, is regarded as the greatest threat to
the economy and democracy.

Corruption deprave
society and denies the fundamental moral values. It is a crime primary
associate with the public sector, but also applies to business, where impede
free competition. (Source: Pepe.com)

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So my fellow citizens
I ask you just how the heck can we correct this significant and ever increasing
dilemma?

Corruption is worse
than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual; the
former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. ~ Karl Kraus

I am against
government by crony. ~ Harold L. Ickes

I have often noticed
that a bribe has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a
bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he
becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. ~ Graham Greene

Life is a corrupting
process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father
in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. ~ Saul
Alinsky

6."It has often been said that power
corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too,
corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred,
malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The
resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from
their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our
wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression." - Eric Hoffer

7."Money is truthful. If a man speaks of
his honor, make him pay cash." - Robert A. Heinlein

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Depending upon your source of information the
past US Presidential cost exceeds $4 billion and up to $8 billion. There are lots of folks wanting something for
all that money. Think of all the good
that kind of money could take care of – especially in the wake of Sandy. Is there any hope of changing the direction
we are headed in America?